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That's excellent, Keith! Great idea. I will put contacting Earth Organic on
my list of things to do :)

On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 7:00 PM, Keith Lowe <mythos25@live.com> wrote:

> I have been primary buying JustUs coffee for the last 6 years now but
> Songbird SOS and the discussion here prompted to look into Bird Friendly
> coffee. I wish our local JustUs carried Certified Bird Friendly coffee bu=
t
> they don=E2=80=99t as of yet so I decided look into others sources. Birds=
 & Beans
> seems like the best choice for Canadians who want Certified Bird Friendly
> coffee but shipping is prohibitive, especially when considering you can
> only buy a bag at a time due to freshness.
>
>
>
> So I wrote Birds & Beans explaining our ongoing discussion and our dilemm=
a
> about not having any local source for Certified Bird Friendly coffee and
> suggested Earth Organic would be a logical choice to carry their product.
> David Pritchard from Birds & Beans said he would contact Earth Organic
> about carrying their product and suggested it might help of potential
> buyers for their BF coffee would also write Earth Organic. So if anyone
> else would buy Certified BF coffee from Birds & Bean at Earth it would be
> good to drop them a line: http://www.organicearthmarket.com/
>
>
>
> Also Bird & Beans asked Robert Rice of the Smithsonian Conservation
> Biology Institute to write me about Bird Friendly coffee and he gave me
> permission to share his email below.
>
>
>
> Dear Keith,
>
>
>
> Madeleine Pengelley asked that I contact you about the Bird Friendly
> coffees for which you have expressed interest. First of all, thank you fo=
r
> that.
>
>
>
> We created the BF criteria based on fieldwork conducted by our staff
> scientists here at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center. The work was do=
ne
> in Mexico, Guatemala and Peru over the course of several years, and
> included thousands of data point observations. We feel they are the best
> set of criteria for any coffee making the claim of being beneficial to
> birds or other wildlife.
>
>
>
> There are a number of coffees with the term =E2=80=9Cshade-grown=E2=80=9D=
 or =E2=80=9Cshade
> coffee=E2=80=9D on the packaging, but consumers rarely knows what that me=
ans in
> terms of viable habitat. Those are terms that get used for marketing
> purposes often, and generally have no inspection or certification
> (third-party or otherwise) associated with them.
>
>
>
> All BF coffee is certified organic as a pre-requisite and inspected for
> the shade characteristics to determine whether or not the shade managemen=
t
> meets the strict BF standards. It is, in the words of some of the special=
ty
> coffee industry folks here in the US, the =E2=80=9Cgold standard=E2=80=9D=
 for shade. We
> like that, obviously. Moreover, any coffee bag with the BF seal contains
> 100% certified product =E2=80=94 not a requirement for some other certifi=
cations,
> which allow as little as 30% to be certified and still carry a seal of so=
me
> kind. We feel that product purity is an important aspect of any certified
> coffee, especially any that claims some sort of environmental or habitat
> benefit.
>
>
>
> Madeleine=E2=80=99s company (Birds and Beans) is one the few in Canada ca=
rrying BF
> coffee and they do a great job of roasting some high-quality coffees.
> Kicking Horse has expressed interest in carrying some BF coffee, but has
> not joined our program to date.
>
>
>
> Feel free to contact me with any questions you might have. And thank you
> again for your interest in Bird Friendly coffee.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Robert
>
>
>
>
>
> Robert Rice
> Migratory Bird Center
> Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
> National Zoological Park
> MRC 5503  Washington, DC  20013-7012
> ricer@si.edu
> 202-633-4209
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">That&#39;s excellent, Keith! Great idea. I will put contac=
ting Earth Organic on my list of things to do :)<br></div><div class=3D"gma=
il_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 7:00 PM, K=
eith Lowe <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:mythos25@live.com" target=
=3D"_blank">mythos25@live.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D=
"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding=
-left:1ex"><div link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple" lang=3D"EN-CA"><div><p class=
=3D"MsoNormal">I have been primary buying JustUs coffee for the last 6 year=
s now but Songbird SOS and the discussion here prompted to look into Bird F=
riendly coffee. I wish our local JustUs carried Certified Bird Friendly cof=
fee but they don=E2=80=99t as of yet so I decided look into others sources.=
 Birds &amp; Beans seems like the best choice for Canadians who want Certif=
ied Bird Friendly coffee but shipping is prohibitive, especially when consi=
dering you can only buy a bag at a time due to freshness.<u></u><u></u></p>=
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">So I =
wrote Birds &amp; Beans explaining our ongoing discussion and our dilemma a=
bout not having any local source for Certified Bird Friendly coffee and sug=
gested Earth Organic would be a logical choice to carry their product. Davi=
d Pritchard from Birds &amp; Beans said he would contact Earth Organic abou=
t carrying their product and suggested it might help of potential buyers fo=
r their BF coffee would also write Earth Organic. So if anyone else would b=
uy Certified BF coffee from Birds &amp; Bean at Earth it would be good to d=
rop them a line: <a href=3D"http://www.organicearthmarket.com/" target=3D"_=
blank">http://www.organicearthmarket.com/</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"=
MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Also Bird &amp; B=
eans asked Robert Rice of the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute to=
 write me about Bird Friendly coffee and he gave me permission to share his=
 email below.<u></u><u></u></p><div style=3D"border:none;border-bottom:soli=
d windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=
=3D"border:none;padding:0cm"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p></div><p class=3D"MsoN=
ormal">Dear Keith,<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u>=
</u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Madeleine Pengelley asked that I contact you=
 about the Bird Friendly coffees for which you have expressed interest. Fir=
st of all, thank you for that.<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">=C2=
=A0<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">We created the BF criteria base=
d on fieldwork conducted by our staff scientists here at the Smithsonian Mi=
gratory Bird Center. The work was done in Mexico, Guatemala and Peru over t=
he course of several years, and included thousands of data point observatio=
ns. We feel they are the best set of criteria for any coffee making the cla=
im of being beneficial to birds or other wildlife.<u></u><u></u></p><p clas=
s=3D"MsoNormal">=C2=A0<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">There are a =
number of coffees with the term =E2=80=9Cshade-grown=E2=80=9D or =E2=80=9Cs=
hade coffee=E2=80=9D on the packaging, but consumers rarely knows what that=
 means in terms of viable habitat. Those are terms that get used for market=
ing purposes often, and generally have no inspection or certification (thir=
d-party or otherwise) associated with them.=C2=A0<u></u><u></u></p><p class=
=3D"MsoNormal">=C2=A0<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">All BF coffee=
 is certified organic as a pre-requisite and inspected for the shade charac=
teristics to determine whether or not the shade management meets the strict=
 BF standards. It is, in the words of some of the specialty coffee industry=
 folks here in the US, the =E2=80=9Cgold standard=E2=80=9D for shade. We li=
ke that, obviously. Moreover, any coffee bag with the BF seal contains 100%=
 certified product =E2=80=94 not a requirement for some other certification=
s, which allow as little as 30% to be certified and still carry a seal of s=
ome kind. We feel that product purity is an important aspect of any certifi=
ed coffee, especially any that claims some sort of environmental or habitat=
 benefit.<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">=C2=A0<u></u><u></u></p><=
p class=3D"MsoNormal">Madeleine=E2=80=99s company (Birds and Beans) is one =
the few in Canada carrying BF coffee and they do a great job of roasting so=
me high-quality coffees. Kicking Horse has expressed interest in carrying s=
ome BF coffee, but has not joined our program to date.=C2=A0<u></u><u></u><=
/p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">=C2=A0<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Fe=
el free to contact me with any questions you might have. And thank you agai=
n for your interest in Bird Friendly coffee.<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"M=
soNormal">=C2=A0<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Regards,<u></u><u>=
</u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Robert<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNorma=
l">=C2=A0<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">=C2=A0<u></u><u></u></p><=
p class=3D"MsoNormal">Robert Rice<br>Migratory Bird Center<br>Smithsonian C=
onservation Biology Institute<br>National Zoological Park<br>MRC 5503 =C2=
=A0Washington, DC =C2=A020013-7012<br><a href=3D"mailto:ricer@si.edu" targe=
t=3D"_blank">ricer@si.edu</a><br><a href=3D"tel:202-633-4209" value=3D"+120=
26334209" target=3D"_blank">202-633-4209</a><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt=
;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></=
span></p></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div>

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